High School Team Cheer

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  1. Title: Rosemount High School Team Cheer
  2. Informant: Keely McLean, 15, Female.  Keely is a freshman in high school and two-year member of the Rosemount High School Women’s Swim Team (she also swam as an 8th grader).  She has swam for several years now and currently competes at a high school level.
  3. Customary: Ritual
  4. Language: English
  5. Country of Origin: United States
  6. Social / Cultural Context: This is one of a few different cheers that is performed at a high school meet prior to the start.  In this particular video, the cheer was performed at Sectional Championships by the members of the Rosemount High School Women’s Swim and Dive team.
  8. Transcript:“I (I)

    I (I)

    I Believe (I Believe)

    I Believe That (I Believe That)

    I Believe That We Will Win

    (I Believe That We Will Win)x3”

  9. Informant’s comments: Keely commented that this is one of the most common cheers they do.  It is a call and response cheer performed before the meet.  Keely mentioned that all the teams do their cheers around the same time, taking turns so they are not all going at once.
  10. Collector’s comments:  The structure and context of cheer were similar to what we’ve seen in other levels of swimming.
  11. Tags/Keywords: Team Cheer

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